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Guild Merchant

Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

An association of traders within a town in England, and in some cases living outside its precincts, for the better management of trade. It somethe town; 1 Holdsw. Hist E. L. 310. See Gross, Gild Merchant; Lambert, Gild Life; English Gilds (Early English Text Society). See Gilda Mbbcatobia; article in Encyd. Br. by Charles Gross.